The Senate on Monday passed the 2021 Appropriation Bill of N13.5 trillion. This followed the adoption of the report of Senate Committee on Appropriations at plenary. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that President Muhammadu Buhari had on Oct. 8, presented the 2021 budget of N13.08 trillion to the joint session of the National Assembly […]

The Police  on Monday arraigned a domestic worker,  Hussaini Monday, in a Wuse Zone Two Chief Magistrates’ Court for the alleged theft of a laptop computer, valued at N115,000, property of his employer. The accused, Monday 40,  however, pleaded not guilty to the one-count charge of theft. The Prosecutor, Peter Ejike, told the court that […]

By Funmi Branco SINCE the return to civil rule in 1999, Nigerians have had to contend with the ugly spectre of ill-prepared, ideologically vacuous, morally bankrupt and intellectually challenged leaders across the political spectrum. For many years, the office of governor, in particular, has featured tenants that never should have come anywhere close to authority. […]

By Femi Salako There is no disputing the fact that Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a political colossus that is imbued with amazing leadership qualities. The Jargaban of Borgu has undoubtedly paid his dues in partisan politics; just as he has equally passed through the vicissitude of Nigerian politics, albeit unscathed. The two term former […]

By Tunde Rahman Could Asiwaju Bola Tinubu have been motivated by politics in his recent visit to far-flung Maiduguri, Borno State and yet held no discussion with the party leaders and political stakeholders in that North-eastern state? Could the APC leader have been out to feather his 2023 political nest and yet there was no […]